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Everyone agrees: the “Pórtico de la Gloria” is one of the Romanesque wonders of the world. It features more than 200 figures...

The oldest chapel you will find is called Santa María de la Corticela. It is 1,100 years old. It even existed before the...

Have you ever embraced one of Jesus’ apostles? Well, you can if you are a good pilgrim in the Cathedral of Santiago. On the high altar...

I bet you have never seen a censer as big as the one in the Cathedral of Santiago! Nor one as famous: it even his its own name. It is called...

Don’t read this unless you are very brave: there is a ghost in Plaza de la Quintana. It’s true, you yourself will be able to see it...

Don’t miss the Cathedral Museum! You will be able to see with your own eyes small pieces of Santiago’s history and its...

This is a secret that we Compostela residents only tell our best friends. Can you see the image of King David in the Platerías...

The Clock Tower has its own name: it is called “Berenguela” after an archbishop in the Middle Ages, who built the tower to defend the...

Do you what is the most repeated photograph in Santiago' That of the Cathedral’s Obradoiro façade. It is called Obradoiro because...

In Plaza de la Quintana you will find the Holy Door, which is open during some years and closed during others. Of course, because it only opens...